Changeable indicator



Qwue/nto July 7, 1931. J. HUTcHlNsoN I CHANGEABLE INDICATOR Filed may 25,1927 3 sheets-sheet 1 July 7, 1931. J. HuTcHlNsoN CHANGEABLE INDICATOR Filed May 25. 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet grml Si Patented July 7, 1931 JOB HUTCHNSON, '0F GREAT NECK, NEW YORK GHANGEABLE INDICATOR Application led Mayr`25, 1927. Serial No. 194,129.l

This invention relates lto changeable indicators and has particular reference' to chan eable indicators for railway stations simi ar to that disclosed in my Patent No. 1,345,675

6 issued July 6, 1920.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide an improved `form o f indicator which, in additiontothe' information displayed in the form illustrated in my a-fore- .10 mentioned patent,` shall-also include means for showing the make-up of the train from the locomotive to the rear end; This .information is particularly useful when a-train is split up into sections as `the passengers and `l station oflicials" can ascertain ateaV glance where'each particular car Vis located.

Another object is to provide an indicator which shall afford ready access to the display panels so that the desired information may be easily and quickly set up or removed.

A- further object is to provide an indicator of the aforesaid character `which shall consist of relatively few parts that are simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and 2.5 which shall be neatl and attractive in' appearance. '1* With these and other objects 'in view, the invention may be stated to consist in the various novel features of construction and arran ement or combination, all of which will be gully described hereinafter and pointed out in the appended claims. n In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this application,

85 Figure 1 is a front elevation of an indicator constructed in accordance with my invention but showing a portion of the same removed;

Figure 1a is a similar view showing the additional section or portion which cooperates with the structure in-Figure 1 to form a complete display board;

Figure v2 is a side elevation of the apparatus;

. Figure 3 is a fragmentary front elevation 45 of the display panel;

. Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the structure shown'in Figure la; j v

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail elevation with parts broken away and showing the op- 50 Verating mechanism for the display board Figure 6 is a detail fragmentary front ele.- vation of a portion o'fone of the chains;

Figure 7 lis a side elevation of axmodified form of'supplemental display section ,i

F igure8 is a horizontal sectional view taken 55 on the line 8 8 of Figure 7; and l Figure 9. is a fragmentary vertical sectional view Vof the upper portion of the mechanism shown in Figure 7. l

Referring particularly'to Figures 1 and f1, 00 my improved display board comprises a base l, a main display vsection 2, a top 3, and asupplemental display section 4`, which is interposed between the top and base and positioned adjacent the main display-section 2.- 'The 65 main display section isfdesigned to indicate the time ofdeparture of the `train`,thename ofthe train, the number of the section and anyother suitable information, and this sec?v tion is preferably constructed in the manner described and illustrated in myv aforementioned patent and hence a detailed description thereof at this time is deemed unnecessary.`

The supplemental display section' 4 comprises a substantially rectangular housing `6 75 which is bolted or otherwise secured.l to the main section 2, as most clearly shown in Fig'- ure 8. The housing 6 is provided on its front with an open upper portion 7a1fording access to thedisplay board and with a lower door 9 hinged at 10, which is provided with a plurality of receptacles llin which i theletters used on the display board lmay be stored. A partion 12 divides the housing into upper and lower compartments and S5 also serves to support a pair of bearing standards '13 and 14 that are arranged at right angles to each other as shown in Figure 5. Standard 13 has journalled thereon a shaft 15 which mounts at one end a bevel gear 16, v90 while Athe opposite end of said shaft is squared and terminates adjacent an` aperture 17 formed in the front of the casing so that a crank may be inserted through said aperture and engage the sqIl-:ared end of the shaft 95 to rotate the same. evel gear 16 vmeshes with a similar gear 18 that is carried by one end of a shaft 19 which is journalled in standard 14. The opposite end of this shaft isifitted with aspur gear 20iwhich in turn 100 plate, said plate having a forwardly project-` ing portion adapted to engage the rib on said bar to support said plate in operative position.

3. A railway train indicator comprising a main and a 4supplemental display section, each in the form of a column, said sections being arranged side by side in close relation, said main section having means for detachably receiving a plurality of display characters adapted to indicate general information regarding a particular train, and being provided with a base projecting toy one side thereof, and said supplemental section having means for detachably receiving a plurality of display characters adapted to indicate specic information regarding that particular train and being constructed to rest upon said projecting base, and a cap surmounting said combined sections and having means to indicate the track on which that particular train may be found.

ln testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

J OB HUTCHNSON. 

